BLC InternationalBrighton, England UK

General English courses run throughout the year. The course is designed to increase your English level through a syllabus which concentrates on listening, reading, speaking and writing. With the text book grammar and vocabulary are learned to consolidate your studies. Afternoon options cover further skills-focused training, Business English lessons or private tuition. Beginners are welcome from June through August.

Afternoon Skills Focus classes take place 4 times per week and are designed as a supplementary course in addition to morning classes (which are booked-based). Lessons focus on interactive listening and speaking activities, engaging students in contemporary topics, themes, current issues and communication strategies more than grammar and writing assignments. Lessons are on Monday-Thursdays.

General English courses run throughout the year. The course is designed to increase your English level through a syllabus which concentrates on listening, reading, speaking and writing. With the text book grammar and vocabulary are learned to consolidate your studies. Afternoon options cover further skills-focused training, Business English lessons or private tuition. Beginners are welcome from June through August.

Afternoon Skills Focus classes take place 2 times per week and are designed as a supplementary course in addition to morning classes (which are booked-based). Lessons focus on interactive listening and speaking activities, engaging students in contemporary topics, themes, current issues and communication strategies more than grammar and writing assignments. Lessons are on Mondays-Thursdays.

General English courses run throughout the year. The course is designed to increase your English level through a syllabus which concentrates on listening, reading, speaking and writing. With the text book grammar and vocabulary is learned to consolidate your studies. Afternoon options cover further skills focussed training, Business English lessons or private tuition. Beginners are welcome June through August.

General English courses run throughout the year. The course is designed to increase your English level through a syllabus which concentrates on listening, reading, speaking and writing. With the text book grammar and vocabulary are learned to consolidate your studies. Afternoon options cover further skills-focused training, Business English lessons or private tuition. Beginners are welcome from June through August.

Afternoon Skills Focus classes take place 3 times per week and are designed as a supplementary course in addition to morning classes (which are booked-based). Lessons focus on interactive listening and speaking activities, engaging students in contemporary topics, themes, current issues and communication strategies more than grammar and writing assignments. Lessons are on Monday-Thursdays.

This course combines 20 cultural lessons with like-minded students who want to develop their English and explore British culture. Lessons & activities are with other 40+ course students wanting to explore South East England.



The programme includes 4 after-class cultural activities and excursions each week including a welcome meal and a Saturday excursion on the middle weekend.

Blend cultural and historical experiences with small groups of like-minded students

Taught at our centrally located school it is ideal for mature students wanting to explore South East England with others who have similar English language learning goals.

The closed English classes in the morning are complemented by a programme of activities and cultural events in the afternoon, which explore the rich heritage of Brighton and the surrounding area, and a 1 day tour of London with a Thames riverboat cruise. The activities will vary depending on the season you choose and are comprised of 4-afternoon activities each week and 1 evening activity.

This course includes:

• Small study groups (age 40+).
  
• Course content – cultural and historical.
  
• 1 or 2 weeks available.
  
• Online placement test to ensure a class at your level.
  
• Multi-national classes.
  
• Course books and course materials included.
  
• Dedicated tour leader for excursions and activities.

The B2 first for schools (previously FCE for schools) is a 4-week summer academic course designed for school-age learners rather than adults. The course has a specific start and finish date so that students can take the final examination at the end of the course. The course timetable is designed to match with the Summer Vacation schedule so that all students participating on this course can experience the junior vacation activities with other international students. Students may alternate between schedules A (morning lessons/afternoon activities) and B (afternoon lessons/morning activities) each week.

On the last Saturday students must take the examination instead of participating on the full day excursion. A BLC activity leader will bring all B2 First students to the examination centre. After taking the examination, students who have passed are sent a final Cambridge accredited examination certificate.

B2 First for Schools qualification shows that students can:

• communicate effectively face to face, expressing opinions and presenting arguments
  
• write clear, detailed English, expressing opinions and explaining the advantages and disadvantages of different points of view
  
• follow the news
  
• write letters, reports, stories and lots of other types of text
  
  The Examination:
  
• The written and listening exams are in the morning. The candidates will then break for lunch and the oral examination is in the afternoon.
  
• N.B. Exam fee is not included in the course price.
  
  In addition to the classes, activity programme and accommodations with full board, the price includes a bus pass and course materials.
  
  *A twin room for students of different nationality is most common. However, sometimes you will be placed in a room of 3 or 4 students.
  

Junior students accompanied to the UK with their parents/guardians may attend lessons only as an option. Students participate in classes with other vacation students for 3 hours a day Monday to Friday allowing them to spend time with their families for the rest of the day and at weekends.

BLC International cannot accept unaccompanied juniors on these courses.

The football programme is designed around a 2-week course to help players develop essential communication skills both on and off the field in an authentic football environment. The course is available for boys and girls aged 12-17 years old. The program focuses on a wide range of skills, drills, and tactics while the aim is to challenge the techniques essential to a player’s development.

In addition, there are two STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) seminars which blend football and robotics to create fun, interactive sessions. Using educational devices such as Sphero Robots and GPS technology, players will get to explore the ways in which football and science work together.

All of the activities and coaching are conducted in English in a multinational environment meaning that students will primarily communicate in English throughout their stay. The course is a complete package with morning football sessions every day (Mon - Fri) which take place on the Community Pitch at the American Express Elite Football Performance Centre in Lancing and 15 hours of English classes at BLCI (Mon - Fri).

All players receive the official training kit of AITC and will also have the opportunity to visit the American Express Community Stadium, home of Brighton and Hove Albion FC for a VIP tour.

Football training takes place at the American Express Elite Football Performance Centre, a new state-of-the-art facility that opened in September 2021 in addition to the Y-shaped building which accommodates the club’s professional and academy teams on separate wings. The new facility houses the women’s first-team, academy and staff, as well as providing a changing facility for Albion in the Community’s community pitch.

Albion were awarded Category One status in July 2014, under the Premier League’s Elite Player Performance Plan, which highlighted the club as one of the best in the country in terms of facilities, staff and opportunities for young players.

Programme includes:

• Full board homestay accommodation.
  
• Weekly bus pass (Monday - Sunday).
  
• On-line entry test.
  
• Saturday full-day excursion.
  
• 7 nights accommodation/week.
  
• Certificate of Completion.
  
• English tuition every afternoon (15 hours of lessons each week).
  
• Lunch is served at the University of Brighton canteen.
  
• 10 hours per week of Football training with Albion in the Community.
  
• Training kit provided.
  
• Course materials.
  
• Coach transfer between the school and the training centre.
  
• Activities 3 afternoons per week (Tues - Thurs after 16:30).
  
  Minimum English level required B1+.
  
  NOTE: Junior students travelling on their own must book arrival/departure transfers with BLCI.

The Global Leadership course is an opportunity for junior students to put language in action and prepare themselves for the global mind-set of the future. These interactive, project-based lessons are specifically designed to develop the students’ language proficiency whilst engaging them in tasks that promote teamwork, collaboration and self-awareness through carefully designed activities.

This programme has 2 learning modules: General English and Global Leadership. They can alternate weekly between mornings and afternoons. The programme also includes 3 evening activities per week and a full day excursion on Saturday.

Global Leadership topics & activities:

• Critical thinking,
  
• Communication,
  
• Negotiation,
  
• Problem solving,
  
• Debating,
  
• Case studies,
  
• Team building activites,
  
• Reflective thinking.
  
  In addition to the classes, activity programme and accommodations with full board, the price includes a bus pass and course materials.
  
  A twin room for students of different nationality is most common. However, sometimes you will be placed in a room of 3 or 4 students.
  

Summer vacation course with lessons, bus pass, activities and no accommodation.

Included in the programme every week:

• 7 activities,
  
• 1 half day excursion,
  
• 1 full day excursion.

Study 20 lessons per week in an international group and participate in 8 activities and 1 full–day excursion at the weekend. Students may alternate between schedules A (morning lessons/afternoon activities) and B (afternoon lessons/morning activities) each week.

Included in the programme every week:

• 7 activities,
  
• 1 half day excursion,
  
• 1 full day excursion,
  
• bus pass,
  
• course materials.
  

Included in the programme every week:

• 7 activities,
  
• 1 half day excursion,
  
• 1 full day excursion.
  
  A twin room for students of different nationality is most common. However, sometimes you will be placed in a room of 3 or 4 students.
  

Study 20 lessons per week in an international group and participate in 8 activities and 1 full–day excursion at the weekend. Students may alternate between schedules A (morning lessons/afternoon activities) and B (afternoon lessons/morning activities) each week.

Included in the programme every week:

• 7 activities,
  
• 1 half day excursion,
  
• 1 full day excursion,
  
• bus pass,
  
• course materials.
  
  A twin room for students of different nationality is most common. However, sometimes you will be placed in a room of 3 or 4 students.
  

Explorer students develop key skills from an early age through communicative activities, contributing to the rapid development of their language recognition and performance. The course is designed to ignite your child’s desire to learn through the initial stages of language learning and to facilitate and increase confidence in skills already gained. A range of class exercises from reading and writing to listening and speaking are used in class through a syllabus which is dependent on the level of the student.

Children study 3 hours of classes each day Monday to Friday. The morning classes are divided into three sessions with a supervised break after each session.

Explorer students should be collected by their parents/guardians at 12:30, when classes finish.

Students complement the morning tuition of the Explorer program with an exciting activity programme in the afternoon, designed to promote communication in stimulating environments.

Children study 3 hours of classes each day Monday to Friday then have carefully guided afternoons. Morning classes are divided into three sessions with a supervised break after each session, the last one being a lunch break.

The afternoon activities are an exciting part of the day which also improves English communication skills as Safari students interact with each other together and with their Safari Leaders. Example activities include: pottery, crafts, Sea Life Centre, reptile day, crazy golf, etc.

Parents may collect their children for lunch together or provide a packed lunch for the school's supervised on site lunch sessions.

Students should be collected by their parents/guardians at 16:15 every day, when the activities finish.

BLC International's University of Cambridge FCE (B2 First) and CAE (C1 Advanced) courses give you the necessary skills to pass these internationally recognised qualifications. The courses look at past papers and focus on exam techniques and cover writing, reading, grammar, listening and speaking. The courses are ideal if you want to work or study abroad or to develop a career which requires language skills.

Students can enrol any Monday throughout the year for B2 First / C1 Advanced preparation courses, and can study for as many week as desired.

Please note that FCE is now known as B2 First and CAE is now known as C1 Advanced.


This course includes:

• Authorised Cambridge English Language Assessment Centre,
  
• Progress checks and daily homework,
  
• Use of the school after lessons for self study,
  
• Tutorials with class teacher to give study advice,
  
• Online placement test to ensure a class at your level,
  
• Multi-national classes,
  
• Course books and course materials included,
  
• Cambridge Exam booking service.
  

Please note that FCE is now known as B2 First and CAE is now known as C1 Advanced

The course looks at past examination papers and focus on exam techniques and covers writing, reading, listening and speaking together with grammar. Core exam tuition is supplemented with additional lessons in the afternoon 4 times per week to cover further skills focused training.

This course includes:

• Authorised Cambridge English Language Assessment Centre,
  
• Progress checks and daily homework,
  
• Use of the school after lessons for self study,
  
• Tutorials with class teacher to give study advice,
  
• Online placement test to ensure a class at your level,
  
• Multi-national classes,
  
• Course books and course materials included,
  
• Cambridge Exam booking service.
  

BLC International's University of Cambridge FCE (B2 First) and CAE (C1 Advanced) courses give you the necessary skills to pass these internationally recognised qualifications. The courses look at past papers and focus on exam techniques and cover writing, reading, grammar, listening and speaking. The courses are ideal if you want to work or study abroad or to develop a career which requires language skills.

Students can enrol any Monday throughout the year for B2 First / C1 Advanced preparation courses, and can study for as many week as desired.

Please note that FCE is now known as B2 First and CAE is now known as C1 Advanced.

Core exam tuition is supplemented with additional lessons in the afternoon 2 times per week to cover further skills focused training. Afternoon Skills Focus classes are designed as a supplementary course in addition to morning classes (which are booked based). Lessons focus on interactive listening and speaking activities, engaging students in contemporary topics, themes, current issues and communication strategies more than grammar and writing assignments. Lessons are on Monday-Thursdays.

This course includes:

• Authorised Cambridge English Language Assessment Centre,
  
• Progress checks and daily homework,
  
• Use of the school after lessons for self study,
  
• Tutorials with class teacher to give study advice,
  
• Online placement test to ensure a class at your level,
  
• Multi-national classes,
  
• Course books and course materials included,
  
• Cambridge Exam booking service.

BLC International's University of Cambridge FCE (B2 First) and CAE (C1 Advanced) courses give you the necessary skills to pass these internationally recognised qualifications. The courses look at past papers and focus on exam techniques and cover writing, reading, grammar, listening and speaking. The courses are ideal if you want to work or study abroad or to develop a career which requires language skills.

Students can enrol any Monday throughout the year for B2 First / C1 Advanced preparation courses, and can study for as many week as desired.

Please note that FCE is now known as B2 First and CAE is now known as C1 Advanced.

Core exam tuition is supplemented with additional lessons in the afternoon 3 times per week to cover further skills focused training. Afternoon Skills Focus classes are designed as a supplementary course in addition to morning classes (which are booked based). Lessons focus on interactive listening and speaking activities, engaging students in contemporary topics, themes, current issues and communication strategies more than grammar and writing assignments. Lessons are on Monday-Thursdays.

This course includes:

• Authorised Cambridge English Language Assessment Centre,
  
• Progress checks and daily homework,
  
• Use of the school after lessons for self study,
  
• Tutorials with class teacher to give study advice,
  
• Online placement test to ensure a class at your level,
  
• Multi-national classes,
  
• Course books and course materials included,
  
• Cambridge Exam booking service.

IELTS is a popular and well-recognised examination taken by students who plan to enrol on higher education programmes. Many professional organisations worldwide and an increasing number of universities accept IELTS as proof of language ability. Morning tuition can be supplemented with further IELTS tuition or other options.